| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Star Name | 56 Hya |
| Skymap Number | 14470115 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 130259 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 5516 |
| SAO Number | 182882 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-2510537 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 263407 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 14h 47m 44.805s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -26° 5' 15.001" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0090s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00274 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.008466 |
| Radial Velocity | -000.8km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00984s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00076s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.668100 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.600224 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.439743 |
| Galactic Longitude | 333.16° |
Galactic Latitude
| 29.87°
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| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 5.24 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.17 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.928 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.005 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 5.4 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | G5III |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | G5 |
| Position Angle | |
| Year of Observation | AD |